| (one synonym : Dragana pansalis Walker, 1859) CATOCALINI, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
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| (one synonym : Dragana pansalis Walker, 1859) CATOCALINI, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
This caterpillar is yellow with brown lines. It is missing two pairs of prolegs, and so moves in a looper fashion. It feeds on various species of
The adult moth of this species has off-white forewings, each with a vague scalloped brown submarginal band and a variable scattering of brown dots. The hindwings have a similar pattern to the forewings but are somewhat paler. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in the eastern hemisphere, including in
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Francis Walker,
Deltoides,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 16 (1859), p. 75-76.
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(updated 19 September 2008, 18 November 2023)